Asuta!

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Asuta!

Asuta!

To your health! A blessing for healing given to someone who sneezes.

("A remedy – to a person who sneezes, it is customary to say Asuta" – Rashi, Berakhot 53a; and also: "It is possible that 'Ustan' is from the language of 'Asuta', since the northern wind brings healing, and so the sages interpreted: 'A northern wind brings healing' – Rabbeinu Bahya, Devarim, chapter 3; and also: "A person sneezes at one end, his friend responds with 'Asuta' at the other end" – Bialik / Safiach, Ya Ri)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אָסוּתָא!

Definition (Hebrew)

לִבְרִיאוּת! בְּרָכָה לִרְפוּאָה לְמִי שֶׁמִּתְעַטֵּשׁ.

("מַרְפֵּא - לְאָדָם הַמִּתְעַטֵּשׁ, שֶׁרְגִילִים לוֹמַר אָסוּתָא"-רָשִׁ"י בְּרָכוֹת נג ע"א, וְכֵן:"גַּם יִתָּכֵן שֶׁיִּהְיֶה "אֻסְתַּן" לְשׁוֹן "אָסוּתָא",לְפִי שֶׁרוּחַ צְפוֹנִית יֵשׁ בּוֹ רְפוּאָה, וְכֵן דָּרְשׁוּ רז"ל: רוּחַ צְפוֹנִית מַעֲלָה אֲרוּכָה"- רַבֵּנוּ בָּחְיֵּי דְּבָרִים פֶּרֶק ג, וְכֵן:"אָדָם מִתְעַטֵּשׁ בּוֹ בְּקָצֵהוּ מִזֶּה-חֲבֵרוֹ מֵשִׁיב כְּנֶגְדּוֹ "אָסוּתָא" בַּקָּצֶה הַשֵּׁנִי"-בְּיָאלִיק/ סָפִיחַ, יָא רִי)

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